Sell-Side Technology Awards 2018: All the Winners and Why they Won
Here are the write-ups of the 32 category winners from this year's Sell-Side Technology Awards held in London on April 20.
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The winners of this year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards were announced on the afternoon of April 20 in London and were presented with their trophies by British ocean rower Roz Savage, the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.
The final two categories of this year’s SST Awards – best sell-side product for 2018 and best sell-side technology provider for 2018 – were won by UnaVista (London Stock Exchange Group) and SIX, respectively. Below are this year’s category winners along with the write-ups about their products/projects and why they won.
Best Alliance or Partnership: FlexTrade Systems
Best Artificial Intelligence Technology: Digital Reasoning
Best Cloud Provider to the Sell Side: BT
Best Data Provider to the Sell Side: SIX
Best Distributed-Ledger Technology Project: R3
Best Implementation at a Sell-Side Firm: SmartStream Technologies. Click on this link for SmartStream’s winners’ Q&A and this link for a video interview with SmartStream’s Vincent Kilcoyne.
Best Infrastructure Provider to the Sell Side: Avelacom
Best Outsourcing Provider to the Sell Side: Broadridge Financial Solutions
Best Reporting Platform or Service for the Sell Side: AxiomSL
Best Sell-Side Analytics Product: NEX TriOptima
Best Sell-Side Automated Trading Platform: FlexTrade Systems
Best Sell-Side Back-Office Platform: Murex
Best Sell-Side Compliance Product: Imagine Software
Best Sell-Side Credit Risk Product: Numerix
Best Sell-Side Data Management Product: IHS Markit
Best Sell-Side Front-Office Execution Platform: Pragma Securities
Best Sell-Side Market Risk Product: RiskVal Financial Solutions
Best Sell-Side Market Surveillance Product: Nasdaq
Best Sell-Side Middle-Office Platform: UnaVista, London Stock Exchange Group
Best Sell-Side Mobile Initiative: Saxo Bank
Best Sell-Side Newcomer (Vendor or Product): OpenDoor Securities
Best Sell-Side OTC Trading Initiative: FIS
Best Sell-Side Reconciliation Platform: NEX Group
Best Sell-Side Trading Communication System: IPC Systems
Best Sell-Side Trading Network: BT
Best Sell-Side Web-Based Development Environment: Pershing, a BNY Mellon Company
Best Smart Order Routing Product/Tool: Pragma Securities
Best Swap Execution Facility (SEF): Tradeweb Markets
Best use of the Agile Methodology: Duco
Most Promising Sell-Side Startup: TransFICC
Best Sell-Side Product for 2018: UnaVista, London Stock Exchange Group. Click on this link for UnaVista’s winners’ circle interview.
Best Sell-Side Technology Provider for 2018: SIX. Click on this link for SIX’s winners’ circle interview.
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